RERC Research Projects

User Needs (ongoing)

This project is addressing employee and employer perspectives through a series of surveys with the Work RERC�s existing consumer network.

Longitudinal Study of Cost and Cost-Benefits of Workplace Accommodation (new)

The Burton Blatt Institute, JAN, and Work RERC are collaborating to identify the changing needs for and costs of accommodating workers over time.

Successful Aging in the Workplace (new)

This project is studying how older adults with disabilities overcome age-related difficulties with computer work tasks.

Impact of Policy on Access to and Utilization of Workplace Accommodations (ongoing)

This project is investigating issues of telework as an accommodation vs. accommodations for teleworking, the impact of aging with a disability in the workplace, and with the Wireless RERC, review emergency preparedness policies/practices to develop accommodation models for workers with disabilities.

Effects of Accommodations on Participation of Employees with Disabilities (new)

With the Mobility RERC, this project is examining the effect of accommodations on participation of people with mobility disabilities in the workplace.

Mentored Student Research (completed)

Design Tools - Personas with Disabilities
Design Tools - Hand Anthropometrics
Usage of Prosthetic Wrist Units to Perform Work Tasks

This is a publication of the RERC on Workplace Accommodations, which is supported by Grant H133E070026 of the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research of the U.S. Department of Education. The opinions contained in this publication are those of the grantee and do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Department of Education.

Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Workplace Accommodations
Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access · Georgia Institute of Technology
490 10th Street NW · Atlanta, GA 30318
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